So what's a day in the life of a cop like?

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So what's a day in the life of a cop like?

The cubicle world has been wearing hard on me the last few years. I'm still young enough and fit enough to start out in law enforcement (working out and shooting are hobbies of mine). A local suburb is starting out at decent salaries...still a lot less than my IT job, but enough the family could survive.

I love my job, and if you it right, you can make a nice salary. The biggest annoyance about the job is the constant second guessing by people who were not there and frankly dont know what they are talking about. Just browse through any of the LEO threads here. Everybody thinks they're an expert because the saw COPS, CSI or whatever.

Another common misconception about police work is centered around your gun. People assume the job is all about guns and shooting, its not at all. Thats about one half of a percent of what the job is about.

I love my job, and if you it right, you can make a nice salary. The biggest annoyance about the job is the constant second guessing by people who were not there and frankly dont know what they are talking about. Just browse through any of the LEO threads here. Everybody thinks they're an expert because the saw COPS, CSI or whatever.

Another common misconception about police work is centered around your gun. People assume the job is all about guns and shooting, its not at all. Thats about one half of a percent of what the job is about.

Small, medium, or large Police Departments... Rural, urban, and combination Sheriff's Offices... The eighty or so badge and gun federal positions... There are many different "days in the life." It is almost impossible to be familiar with them all. It is also almost impossible to know about one and assume you do about the others.

Riding along, surfing LEO forums, talking with officers/deputies.agents and whatever else you can come up in in order.

I loved being an LEO. I miss going to the station and the brotherhood. I wouldn't change my live as an LEO for nothing. I retired only because I had so much going on in my life. It's a great thing to enjoy going to work everyday.